Water-polo cap



Match 3l. 1925.

H. R. HART' WATER POLO CAP Filed Jan. 11. 1922 O INYENTOR BY., U

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Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATER-rono CAP.

e Application filed January 11, 1922.

To all whom it may conce'm:

Be it known that I, HENRY RDGnwAY HART, a citizen of the United States,residing in Montclair, in the State of New .Tersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in VVater-Polo Caps, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming a part hereof.

Water polo is a very rough game and'it is desirable to encase the headsof the players in such a manner as to make holding ditficult. The hairand ears present hand-holds which are availed of in games and this too,often, in spite of the use of some sort of head coverng. Head coverngs,as heretofore provided, however, have not afiorded the kind ofprotection needed in that they have not been skin-tight and havethemselves afiorded some purchase for the fingers so that the wearermight be held by the head. Any looseness in the covering would naturallypermit the covering itself to be grasped and would also make it likelythat hair or cars could likewse be included. The principal object of thepresent invention is to provide a water polo cap which shall be ofsimple and inexpensive Construction and shall fit the head skin-tightand not present to the fingers any hand-hold whatsoever. A furtherobject of the invention is to provide in a cap of this charactersecuring devices for the band thereof which permit it to be adjusted toheads of difierent sizes and which securing devices themselves are ofsuch character to present no hold to the fingers and prevent the capfrom being pulled off of the head. With the improved cap no chin-strapis required. Still another object is to provide in a skin-tight cap forthe purpose described a band which will have therein a slight degree ofullness for the ears to the end that the band may embrace the headsnugly at all other points, while, nevertheless, pressing the earsagainst the head so as to prevent their being grasped. The inventionwill be described in greater detail in connection with the accompanyingdrawing in which- Figure l is a view in perspective showing the improvedcap applied to the head.

Figure 2 is a detail view on a' larger scale showing one side of the capwith the retaining laces loosened.

For convenience in manufacture and ineX- pensiveness the crown of thecap may be Serial No. 528,-131.

formed of 'our similar sections a, b, c, d, of suitable fabric, sewedtogether along their proximate edges, as indicated at a, b, c', d',respectively. The lines of stitching a', 0', will extend directly fromthe front of the head to the back along the mid line thereof, while theother lines of stitching b', d', will extend at right angle theretoacross the mid section of the head. It has been found that thisdisposition has some advantages in insuring a snug fit and in retainingthe crown snugly in place over the hair of the wearer. To the loweredges of the four sections a, b, c, d, is sewed a head band e ofsuitable width and shape to extend around the lower part of the headbelow the hair and below the ears and actually embrace the ears so as topress them 'closely against the sides of the head. This head band e issplit at the rear side and the meeting edges are held together by alacing f, this lacing permitting the cap to be drawn tightly on to headsof different sizes and being of such character, as indicated in Figure1, as not to present a handhold and to keep the cap from being pulledoil', without a chin strap. The free ends of the lacing may be tucked upunder the lower edge of the tightly drawn head band e. As shown in thedrawing the head band e is formed with a fullness e' to lie over theears. A fullness will be provided, of course, at both sides of the band.The fullness thus provided will not be so great as to permit the ears toprotrude to any appreciable extent but will, nevertheless, insure a snugfit of the head band with the head at all other points. If this fulhesswere not provided it is evident that the band could not be drawn assnugly into engagement with the head at all other points. By controllingthe degree of fullness the ears may be pressed more or less closely tothe head and cannot be grasped. e

From the description it will be evident that the improved cap is ofverysimple and inexpensve Construction and yet is admirably adapted to thepurpose intended. It can be drawn on to heads of different sizes so asto lie skn-tght thereon and prevent 'the hair and ears from beinggrasped. In

its own Construction it does not offer any purchase for the fingers.

I claim as my invention:

A water polo cap comprising a crown piece formed of four sections ofpliable fabric secured together by two lines of sttching, one of whichextends from front to rear :and the other of which extends transversely'thereof at its midsection, and a band of pliable fabric Secured to thelower edge of the erown piece and of exactly the same length as thepermeter thereof, said band being formed With an inverted V-shaped cutat the rear of the crown piece and provided in adjaeent dges of the cutWith companion series of apertures, and a lace in said aper- 10 tures,said band being formed With 'diametrically disposed fullnesses oflimited area in the transverse mid-section of the cap.

This specification signed this 9th day of January A. D. 1922. i

I-IENRY RIDGEWAY HART.

